This weblog is dedicated to the Goddess and to saving the planet -- by gently replacing God the Father with God the Mother by the year 2035. Too simplistic? Nope, I don't think so. Female deities are role models for unconditional love. Violent sky/war gods are dangerous, to men as well as women. People are biologically programmed to need religion of one kind or another. (BTW, "thea"=Goddess, "theo"=god)

Sunday, October 16, 2005

It’s The Land Down Under again! – only this time I traveled south to visit them – to the home of one “An Australian Anarchist.” (And, technology being what it is, as I traveled I sat on my New England sun porch and watched pumpkin-orange leaves drift off the trees.)

Turns out that An Australian Anarchist (AAA for short) has read the sizzling Gregory Paul Study – you know, the one that shows god is worse for you than a case of the Asian bird flu? AAA, however, puts a more positive spin on it than I do: he titles his post “Better Off Without God.”

So, without further ado, and for your reading pleasure, here are a few snippets from AAA’s look at the Better-Off-Without-God Study:

“Paul’s graphs show far higher rates of death among the under-fives in Portugal, the U.S and Ireland and put the U.S. – the most religious country in his survey – in a league of its own for gonorrhea and syphilis.”

snip

“The U.S. is the only rich nation with teenage pregnancy levels comparable to those of developing nations: it has a worse record than India, the Philippines and Rwanda.”

1 comment:

Hello Athana, Australian Anarchist here (aka Chris). Glad you enjoyed the post on the effect of religions on society and thanks for the link to me 'umble blog. I'm a committed anthiest myself, so was not really surprised that religious belief has a damaging effect on socviety.

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Athana lives in southern Maine, at the foot of a forested hill, at the nexus of country and city. She has degrees in archaeology and anthropology. Her spirituality is nature-based.
Her book *SWITCHING TO GODDESS: HUMANITY’S TICKET TO THE FUTURE* is available on most online bookstores. Her second book, *BREAKING THE MOTHER GOOSE CODE,* was published February 27, 2015. Look for it at an online bookstore near you.